Readers of "Tarzan of the Apes" -- there were millions of
them - have been awaiting with eagerness "The Return of Tarzan." They need
no introduction to the ape-man, who was an English lord by ancestry and
an inhabitant of the treetops by fate until the same fate brought him out
and made him a civilized man after twenty years of life among the great
apes of Africa.

His adventures, as wonderful and interesting as any set
forth in words, have been the center of interest in a story that is unique
in its originality.

Now we have "The Return of Tarzan," as thrilling as its
fore-runner. In it are told the further adventures of the splendid ape-man,
who at last wins his way to the side of his true love after facing countless
perils by land and sea.

Whoever read "Tarzan of the Apes" needs no invitation
to peruse this story. Others are warned that after they read this sequel
to "Tarzan of the Apes" they won't be satisfied until they have read that
story also.

Tarzan, ape-man, who lived in the African jungle twenty
yearsis returning to Europe after renouncing his birthrightas Lord Greystoke for the sake of Jane Porter, engaged to his cousin, William Clayton.

He assists Count de Coude and the countess against their enemy, Nikolas Rokoff.

In Paris D'Arnot, Tarzan's friend, reproves him for giving up his position in the world. Tarzan asserts his preference for jungle life.

In the duel Tarzan refuses to fire. He tells De Coude of the plot and is reconciled to
him. Tarzan is employed by the French ministry to watch Lieutenant Gernois, suspected of being a spy, in Algeria.

"We are lost now."

.

"Why did you not tell me you contemplated ambushing those fellows?"

Chapter IX: Numa "El Adrea"Chapter X: Through the Valley of the Shadowshttp://www.tarzan.org/pdf/19140421.pdfSYNOPSISAt Sidi Asissa Tarzan makes friends with Sheik Kadour
ben Saden. A dancing girl shows him a way of escape when he and Abdul, his servant, are attacked in a dance hall by natives who are instigated by two foreigners.

The girl is the stolen daughter daughter of Saden and is restored by Tarzan. Tarzan and Abdul fight off a desert attack. At Bou Saada Tarzan learns in a letter from D'Arnot of Jane's postponement of her marriage. Rokoff paid by the countess has left France.
Chapter XI: Like
a Gladiator of Oldhttp://www.tarzan.org/pdf/19140422.pdfSYNOPSIS:(same synopsis as Ch. XI)

SYNOPSISGarnois, suspecting Tarzan, abandons him in a desert,
and Tarzan after killing a lion is captured by nomad Arabs.

Rokoff appears and taunts Tarzan. The latter is freed by the dancing girl. The two leave for Sadan's camp. Tarzan kills Numa, el adrea, the balck lion, with
a knife.

He was like a babe in the mighty grasp of Tarzan.

Chapter XII: John Caldwell, Londonhttp://www.tarzan.org/pdf/19140423.pdfSYNOPSISGarnois, suspecting Tarzan, abandons him in a desert,
and Tarzan after killing a lion is captured by nomad Arabs.

Rokoff appears and taunts Tarzan. The latter is freed by the dancing girl. The two leave for Sadan's camp. Tarzan kills Numa, el adrea, the black lion, with a knife.
Chapter XIII: Ships
That PassChapter XIV: Drowned at Seahttp://www.tarzan.org/pdf/19140424.pdfSynopsis: Same as last
day . . .

He was like a babe in the mighty grasp of Tarzan.

"If you don't I shall push you overboard."

Chapter XV: The Wreck of the Lady AliceChapter XVI: In the Junglehttp://www.tarzan.org/pdf/19140425.pdfSynopsisIn Beu Saada, Tarzan finds Rokoff blackmailing Gernoisand forces Rokoff to give him the incriminating papersextorted from the French officer.

Gernois kills himself. Jane and her father and Clayton acceptLord Tennington's offer to cruise to his yachtdown the east African coast. Tarzan is ordered to Cape Town. On board ship he is known as John Caldwelland meets Hazel Strong, Jane's friend, and a man traveling as M. Thuran.

"The poor fellow was lost overboard.".

There were the table, the bed and the little crib, built by his father.